Nine from Little Rock
Directed byCharles Guggenheim
Written byShelby Storck
Produced byShelby Storck
StarringLittle Rock Nine
Narrated byJefferson Thomas
Production
company
Release date
  • 1964 (1964)
Running time
20 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Nine from Little Rock is a 1964 American short documentary film directed by Charles Guggenheim about the Little Rock Nine, the first nine African-American students to attend an all-white Arkansas high school in 1957.

Production

The film was commissioned by George Stevens Jr. of the United States Information Agency.[1][2] The film is narrated by Jefferson Thomas, one of the Little Rock Nine, who died in 2010.[3]

Accolades

The film won Guggenheim his first Oscar at the 37th Academy Awards, held in 1965, for Documentary Short Subject. He was also nominated in the same category the same year for Children Without.[4][5]

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ Encyclopedia of Arkansas
  2. ^ “It's Only Convincing If They Say It Is”: Documenting Civil Rights Progress in the USIA's Nine from Little Rock on JSTOR
  3. ^ "The Charles Guggenheim Collection". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
  4. ^ "The 37th Academy Awards (1965) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  5. ^ Documentary Winners: 1965 Oscars

External links

Films directed by Charles Guggenheim
Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film
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